setup.py

from distutils.core import setup
from distutils.command.build import build as distbuild

class fortbuild(distbuild):
    def run(self):
        """ make fortran modules after build """
        distbuild.run(self)
        import os,subprocess
        d=os.getcwd()
        print(self.build_lib)
        os.chdir(os.path.join(self.build_lib,'ppodd/pod/fortran_modules'))
        #environment variables are copied, otherwise the ifort command
        #does not exist.
        subprocess.call('make', env=os.environ.copy())
        os.chdir(d)


setup(name = "ppodd",
    version = "003",
    description = "Post Processing of Decades Data",
    author = "Dave Tiddeman",
    author_email = "dave.tiddeman@metoffice.gov.uk",
    url = "http://www.faam.ac.uk",
    packages = ['ppodd','ppodd.gui','ppodd.pod'],
    package_data = {'ppodd.pod' : ["runmod.so","fortran_modules/*.for","fortran_modules/makefile"] },
    #include_package_data=True,
    scripts = ["PPODD"],
    long_description = """Post-processing of decades data.""",
    cmdclass={'build': fortbuild}
)